Hollywood AI Watch

Janice Min's bombshell: Major studios and streamers are lying about AI use, employing it far more than admitted to dodge backlash.

• Every 2026 Best...

AICRON debuts as the first AI platform with integrated video editing, combining 200+ models like Sora and Kling in a node-based workflow.

• Enables...

Alex Villabón, a VFX Supervisor, shares key AI tools transforming VFX pipelines:

• Seedance 2.0: ByteDance's multimodal video model offers...

Producers Amy Hobby and Avi Zev Weider launch Films Not Made podcast on March 3, using AI like Sora 2 to resurrect failed pitches.

• Guests including...

Hollywood IP Crackdown on Chinese AI Tools

• 🔥 Studios Send Cease-and-Desists to ByteDance Over Seedance 2.0: Netflix, Paramount, Warner Bros,...

Quick Cut turbocharges post-production by auto-building narrative timelines from raw footage via text prompts.

• Detects formats like interviews or...

Countering contraction headlines, studios are ramping up specialized AI roles for cost-cutting workflows:

• Amazon MGM: Production Innovation...

Contrasting AI views in Hollywood:

• Spielberg’s caution: AI pioneers chase summits without pondering humanity's good or the ineffable human soul in...

End-to-end AI triumph: The Dor Brothers dropped a 15-min superhero short starring Logan Paul, made 100% with AI in under 7 days.

• Massive efficiency:...

UK streaming viewers want AI assistance like recommendation algorithms, auto-generated subtitles, and ML-edited trailers, but not full replacement of human elements.

• Not neutral tool: Developed by tech giants with economic agendas and political leverage
• Ecological harm: Voracious use of water, electricity,...

Escalating tensions pit Hollywood against Chinese AI devs:

• Studio Fury: MPA demands ByteDance halt massive unauthorized use of US copyrights in...

InVideo's integration with Google Cloud's AI stack enables studios to slash production timelines through cloud-based tools:

• Generate 4K visuals from...

AI is reshaping VFX through strategic buys and expansions:

• Foundry acquires Griptape for AI orchestration in secure workflows, integrating with Nuke...

Key highlights from Terry College's AI filmmaking push:

• MBA/MSBA students use generative AI to create marketing pitch videos, bypassing traditional...

• Gracenote metadata backbone enables Samsung smart TVs' intuitive, conversational search for TV shows, movies, and sports.
• Delivers content...

• Indie Practicality: Sundance event shows LLMs aiding ideation, research, drafting for independents, preserving authorship from script to...

Efficiency surges in indie filmmaking: AI compresses budgets and time for complex shots like forest chases, turning mood boards into animatics in...

Rising resistance to AI content:

• Theaters pull back: AMC refuses AI short Thanksgiving Day after backlash, via Screenvision.
• Festivals counter:...

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